Academics: Ethics of certification – briefing paper, 9 December 2020
Academic paper on the ethics of vaccine status certification.
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Supporting paper written by academics on the ethics of immunity certification. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 72 on 10 December 2020, but not considered or discussed in the meeting.
The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.
This paper is one in a series of papers presented to SAGE on the topic of immunity or vaccination certification. It should be read alongside the following;
- SPI-B: Behavioural considerations of health certificates in population mass testing, 26 November 2020 at SAGE 71
- NERVTAG: Immunity Certification, 9 December 2020 at SAGE 72 and its update NERVTAG: Immunity certification update, 4 February 2021 at SAGE 79
- SPI-B: Health status certification in relation to COVID-19, behavioural and social considerations, 9 December 2020 at SAGE 72
- SPI-B : Health status certification in relation to COVID-19 legitimacy and enforcement considerations, 9 December 2020 at SAGE 72
These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.